Main Accountabilities
- Deliver packaging which not only meets the required quality and technical standards, but also delights the consumer, and sustainable packaging.
- Liaise with packaging converters and material suppliers in the development of packaging components /flexible structures.
- Manage assigned primary and secondary packaging projects, with minimal guidance, working with marketing and the cross-functional project team, ensuring packaging is fit for purpose to meet the packaging brief, and delivered on time, in full
- To manage good technical data records – project data, specifications, test results
- Where relevant, to deliver, as a member of a cross-functional project team, solutions to agreed projects, on time in full
- Identify and implement potential cost saving activities across the packaging portfolio
- Prepare and develop supplier technical briefs where required, working closely with suppliers
- To interface with other functions in support of project delivery (e.g., marketing, supply chain, procurement)
Skills
The candidate should have a working knowledge of key packaging technology areas, development processes, functional specification management with decent knowledge of the manufacturing processes, packaging machinery interface, understanding supplier capability.
Experience
1-3+ years of experience in Rigid & Flexible Packaging for FMCG.
Qualification
Post-Graduation in Packaging Technology, BTech/MTech in Packaging Technology
Key Competencies
- Personal Mastery
- Passion for High Performance
- Agility
- Business Acumen
- Eye for details
Key Skills
- Basic awareness to working knowledge and expertise of a range of packaging materials
- Ideally, working knowledge of the key packaging materials for the category
- Technical specification & supply chain support. Project management experience
- Deep understanding of flexibles, plastics and moulding techniques
- Basic awareness on global regulations related to packaging.
- Basic awareness of containerization techniques (CAPE software)
Relevant Experience
- With 2-3+ years’ experience in a Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) company, ideally with some packaging experience. Added advantage – experience in home care/ F&R or in exports packaging.
- Candidate should be creative in personal care characteristics, have design mindset, external orientation, appetite to explore new ideas across format like rigids and flexibles etc and ability to work with diverse people/functions across geographies.
- Able to work effectively in multi-disciplinary & multi-cultural teams.
- Willingness to support global WoW with time zone differences.
- Flexibility in work style to be able to manage several projects simultaneously.
- Intermediate to Advanced Intermediate Level English (person must be able to write emails and reports in English, which can be easily understood, and can actively participate at English-speaking business meetings).
- Must effectively communicate on technical issues with other technical personnel and non-technical personnel and management orally and in writing
- Excellent influencing ability, both internal as well as external
- Good communication skills
- Occasional travel: ~5 days / month
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